The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-five; Volume II only.
by Anderson, Joseph (editor); and Anna L. Ward
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Mansfield Center, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Price & Lee Company. 1896. First Edition. Good+; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; New Haven, CT; Volume II only of 3 volume set. 559 pages, bound in black cloth; gilt lettering on spine.Over 75 illustrations of landmarks or infrastructure; about 45 portraits, including steel engravings. Moderate edge wear and shallow fraying at spine ends. Preliminary pages foxed; most internal pages free of foxing, but scattered foxing increasing toward later pages, especially margins of portraits. Retains a musty odor. Original steel engravings include the following factories: Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing; Holmes, Booth & Haydens; Plume & Atwood; Randolph & Clowes; Rogers & Brother; Scoville Manufacturing; Waterbury Brass; Other illustrations include: Waterbury Watch; Naugatuck River; Southeast View of Waterbury; the Green, Bank St.; West Main Street Bridge; Waterbury from the Abrigador; Cooke St. Reservoir; Naugatuck Railroad Station; Meriden Waterbury & Connecticut River RR station; Prichard Homestead; Old Cooke Homestead; Rose Hill Cottage, East Mill; West Milll; St. Margaret's School; many more. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; 3 volumes Series .
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- Bookseller
- Mount Hope Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28044
- Title
- The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-five; Volume II only.
- Author
- Anderson, Joseph (editor); and Anna L. Ward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Price & Lee Company
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Steel Engravings, Waterbury Connecticut Factories, Connecticut Industrial history, Brass manufacturing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana: Connecticut;
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